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The Loring R-1 or R-I was a
reconnaissance aircraft
A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as ...
and
light bomber
A light bomber is a relatively small and fast type of military bomber aircraft that was primarily employed before the 1950s. Such aircraft would typically not carry more than one ton of ordnance.
The earliest light bombers were intended to dro ...
produced in Spain in the late 1920s.
[Taylor 1989, p.613][''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' p.2380] It was the first design by
Eduardo Barron for
Jorge Loring's company —
Talleres Loring
Talleres Loring (Loring Workshops) was a Spanish aeronautical company founded by engineer and entrepreneur Jorge Loring after moving to Madrid.
History
A predecessor company, Loring Pujol y Cia, had been founded in Barcelona by Jorge Loring ...
, and the firm's first aircraft of its own design.
Design and development
Conventional for its day, it was a
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
with staggered wings that were braced with struts in a
Warren truss
Warren Errol Truss, (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott Government and the Turnbull Governm ...
-like configuration. The pilot and observer sat in open cockpits in tandem and the main units of the fixed, tailskid undercarriage were divided.
Thirty examples were produced for the ''
Aeronáutica Militar'' of the
Spanish Army
The Spanish Army ( es, Ejército de Tierra, lit=Land Army) is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies — dating back to the late 15th century.
The ...
. They remained in service until December 1931 when they were phased out during the military restructuring promoted by
Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Repu ...
, the newly nominated
Minister of War
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
of the
republican government
Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...
. Azaña's aim was to modernize the Spanish Military and cut down the expenses of the state in the aftermath of the
Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...
.
[Ignacio Hidalgo de Cisneros, ''Cambio de Rumbo'', Ed. Ikusager, Vitoria 2001, pg. 273]
Variants
;R-1
:First prototype aircraft that later went into production.
;R-2 (R-II)
:A refined version able to take heavier load than the R-I that was designed around 1925 before production shifted to the
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The Loring R-III or R-3 was a 1920s Spanish two-seat sesquiplane reconnaissance and light attack aircraft designed by engineer Eduardo Barrón and built by Dr. Jorge Loring's company — '' Talleres Loring''.
Operational history
In t ...
.
Operators
; (Kingdom)
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Aeronáutica Militar''
; (Republic)
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Aeronáutica Militar''
Specifications
See also
References
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{{Eduardo Barrón aircraft
1920s Spanish military reconnaissance aircraft
Loring aircraft
Light bombers
Biplanes